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>kibibyte
>mebibyte
>gibibyte
How did you react when you realized people are taking these seriously?

>> No.8889895
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Fucking idiots redefined what a kilobyte is through collective stupidity so now we need a new word to mean what kilobyte actually means.

>> No.8889936

>>8889886
>been in use since 1998
Who fucking cares, really?
All the people who don't know a kilobyte is 1024 bytes aren't involved with computers anyway
Do you get autistic when non-botanists call tomatoes vegetables too?

>> No.8889967

>>8889886
I remember when a PC hardrive was only 700 MB, and a floppy disk only had 3.44 MB... fuck I'm old.

>> No.8889974

>>8889895
Fucking idiots redefined what kilo- means through collective stupidity so now we need a new word to mean what they think kilo- means.

>> No.8889977

>>8889886
>How did you react when you realized people are taking these seriously?
It's a silly word, but the concept is sensible enough.

I do wish they had come up with a better term, though. This one is just impossible to use without people laughing at you.

>> No.8889987

Hmm, never heard of this.

Ahh, so it's to denote 1024 instead of conflicting with the kilo- prefix of SI units of 1000.

Oh, that's sensible and reasonable. Too bad it never caught on.

>> No.8889996

>>8889895
>so now we need a new word to mean what kilobyte actually means.
No, the word for what kilobyte actually means has not changed. We need a new word for that thing that kilobyte does NOT mean, but that the aforementioned idiots have been using it for anyway.

I think you are judging these people too harshly, though. Yes, it was unwise of them, but few communities are pedantically correct about things that might become future problems later while the community is young and small.

>> No.8890000

>>8889967
>3.44 MB
larping newfaggot detected. the 3.5" floppy held 1.44 MB.

>> No.8890006

more like chibibyte :3

>> No.8890007

>>8889936
No, but I'd get autistic if they decided tomatoes should be considered vegibities

>> No.8890028

>>8890006
[math]\chi[/math]iB
for what purpose

>> No.8890111

>>8890000
I just downed a quarter of a vodka bottle give me a fucking break mannnnn

>> No.8890116

theres a reason for this but im not going to google it. i think it has to do with a depreciated hardware abstraction

>> No.8890327

>>8889936
The tomatoe is both a vegetable and a fruit, and kilobytes means 1000 bytes.
You ignorant fuck.

Kilo is the international prefix for 1000, whether it is for kilograms, kilobytes, kilometer, etc.

Only amerifucks think that kilo means 1024, because they don't use the metric system.

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>>8889886

>> No.8891938

>>8890111
Hey bro im totally like 27 bro i just drank some alcohol and did some ILLEGAL drugs man. Guve me a break dude xd.

>> No.8892951

>>8890007
Highly underrated post

>> No.8894268

>>8889936
>All the people who don't know a kilobyte is 1024 bytes aren't involved with computers
>a kilobyte is 1024 bytes
please exit this board